PRESS RELEASE: Remembering Ukraine

Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, Best Gallery in Australia 2024, selected by the USA World Art Awards Board is remembering Ukraine and Gallipoli.

This commercial Gallery is celebrating 40 years and is situated at the crossroads with King’s Highway to the South Coast, defining the village of Bungendore, 30 minutes from Canberra.

This quiet achiever Gallery now distinguishes itself with a headline supporting Ukraine War of Independence 2020 on a large entrance wall painted in Ukraine National Flag colours.

The wall and on the floor in front of the wall are changing installations continuing until September 30.

And for this special Day, this outreach gallery has strung a banner from the outside veranda posts fronting the Kings Highway intersection.

REMEMBERING UKRAINE
ON THIS SPECIAL DAY
AND EVERY DAY

“I am not Ukrainian. No one in my family is Ukrainian. I do not even know any Ukrainians.”
This according to visionary David MacLaren OAM, retiring Director of the Gallery for forty years:
“But I do know a little history. And I do Remember both World Wars, and the devastation to two generations of young people. The resulting world order democracies have set in place and the values of a peaceful existence. These values, this order, is worth everything to preserve.”
David MacLaren OAM

“Please visit us to see our entrance Wall dedicated to Ukraine, help us celebrate our forty years, and especially see why we were selected The Best Gallery in Australia 2024.”
The Wood Works Gallery received 2 National Tourism Awards in 1992 and 1993, and has won 8 ACT Tourism Awards in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000 and 2001, a NSW Significant Attraction Award in 2003, ACT Specialised Tourism Services Award in 2007, NSW Independent Retailer of the Year Award in 2008 followed by Australian Independent Retailer of the Year Award in 2008 and the 2014 Capital Region Tourism Award for Visitor Experience.

The 2024 World Art Awards Selects Bungendore Wood Works Gallery in Australia, and among the Best Galleries and Museums in the World, 2024. [Thom Bindz, President, on behalf of the World Art Awards.]
The first annual World Art Awards has selected the 20 Best International galleries and Museums for 2023.” This year is the second year of these International Awards.
Local gallery wins big on international stage.

Local Regional commercial Gallery wins international: One of 20 Best Galleries in the World 2024.

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Name: David Mac LarenCompany: Bungendore Wood Works GalleryEmail: Phone: +61 02 62381682

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A Place for Wood Workers The Wood Works defines itself since 1983: “A place for wood workers to display their works, where diversity is encouraged, and fine skills are essential.” Attracting most of the best makers in Australia for forty years. Sculpture and Fine art complement the studio furniture in settings that set a stage for appreciation. This 500 square meter gallery was designed by local architect, Maurice Barnes to be a contemporary addition to the heritage buildings defining the intersection on the King’s Highway from Canberra Queanbeyan to the South Coast. The Gallery was built in 1994 from West Australian Jarrah, Tasmanian Oak, NSW Flooded Gum and Victorian Ash.